Direct Passive Navigation: Analytical Solution for Quadratic Patches

In this paper, we solve the problem of recovering the motion of an observer relative to a surface which can be locally approximated by a quadratic patch directly from image brightness values. We do not compute the optical flow as an intermediate step. We use the coefficients of the Taylor ser...

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Main Authors: Negahdaripour, Shahriar, Yuille, Alan
Language:en_US
Published: 2004
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6441
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description In this paper, we solve the problem of recovering the motion of an observer relative to a surface which can be locally approximated by a quadratic patch directly from image brightness values. We do not compute the optical flow as an intermediate step. We use the coefficients of the Taylor series expansion of the intensity function in two frames to determine 15 intermediate parameters, termed the essential parameters, from a set of linear equations. We then solve analytically for the motion and structure parameters from a set of nonlinear equations in terms of these intermediate parameters. We show that the solution is always unique, unlike some earlier results that reported two-fold ambiguities in some special cases.
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spelling mit-1721.1/64412019-04-11T04:54:43Z Direct Passive Navigation: Analytical Solution for Quadratic Patches Negahdaripour, Shahriar Yuille, Alan In this paper, we solve the problem of recovering the motion of an observer relative to a surface which can be locally approximated by a quadratic patch directly from image brightness values. We do not compute the optical flow as an intermediate step. We use the coefficients of the Taylor series expansion of the intensity function in two frames to determine 15 intermediate parameters, termed the essential parameters, from a set of linear equations. We then solve analytically for the motion and structure parameters from a set of nonlinear equations in terms of these intermediate parameters. We show that the solution is always unique, unlike some earlier results that reported two-fold ambiguities in some special cases. 2004-10-04T14:56:26Z 2004-10-04T14:56:26Z 1986-03-01 AIM-876 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6441 en_US AIM-876 3629388 bytes 1389876 bytes application/postscript application/pdf application/postscript application/pdf
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Direct Passive Navigation: Analytical Solution for Quadratic Patches
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